Overview
Jay Salpekar, M.D. is Director of the Neuropsychiatry in Epilepsy Program at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and on the full time faculty of Johns Hopkins University Medical School. He received B.A. and M.D. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and continued at Barnes Hospital for internship and residency training in general psychiatry. He then completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale University Child Study Center. Dr. Salpekar is widely published in the field of pediatric neuropsychiatry. He is a reviewer for scientific journals, grant review panels, and serves on the editorial board for Epilepsy and Behavior. He is active in the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and was recently honored with Fellow status in the American Neuropsychiatric Association.
Dr. Salpekar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Spasmus Nutans.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 59 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Floor 2, Baltimore, MD 21205
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Children's Hospital
William Gaillard is a Psychiatrist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Gaillard is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Liver Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Gaillard is currently accepting new patients.
Harvey Singer is a Neurologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Singer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Tourette Syndrome, Stereotypic Movement Disorder, Transient Tic Disorder, and Movement Disorders. Dr. Singer is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Eric Kossoff focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood seizures and epilepsy, particularly treatments other than medications such as diet and neurostimulation. He is one of the world experts on dietary treatment for epilepsy (ketogenic diet) and lectures around the world about this therapy. His specific interests include the ketogenic diet, the modified Atkins diet for children and adults, infantile spasms, benign rolandic epilepsy, the interaction of migraine headaches with epilepsy, and Sturge-Weber syndrome. Dr. Eric Kossoff is also very involved in teaching and is the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Residency Program. He is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a co-author of Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Disorders and the 7th edition of Ketogenic Diet Therapies. Dr. Kossoff sees patients in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (5th floor) in Baltimore on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. He sees patients at Green Spring Station on Wednesday afternoons. He also participates in telemedicine. Dr. Kossoff received his medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine in New York. He went on to complete a residency in pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed a second residency in child neurology and a fellowship in pediatric epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Kossoff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Endovascular Embolization, and Gastrostomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- EpilepsyDr. Salpekar isDistinguished. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Advanced
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Salpekar isAdvanced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Dravet SyndromeDr. Salpekar isAdvanced. Learn about Dravet Syndrome.
- Lafora DiseaseDr. Salpekar isAdvanced. Learn about Lafora Disease.
- Progressive Myoclonic EpilepsyDr. Salpekar isAdvanced. Learn about Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy.
- Experienced
- Accessory Deep Peroneal NerveDr. Salpekar isExperienced. Learn about Accessory Deep Peroneal Nerve.
- Bipolar Disorder (BPD)Dr. Salpekar isExperienced. Learn about Bipolar Disorder (BPD).
- EpendymomaDr. Salpekar isExperienced. Learn about Ependymoma.
- Epilepsy Juvenile AbsenceDr. Salpekar isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)Dr. Salpekar isExperienced. Learn about Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Salpekar isExperienced. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.